Crossword Answers For: Sunday, October 1, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: West Coast wine region => NAPA
5 Across: It __ me => WASNT
10 Across: Mythical beast => OGRE
14 Across: Flower with hips => ROSE
18 Across: Tandoor, e.g. => OVEN
19 Across: Skateboard trick => OLLIE
20 Across: Mouth-y? => ORAL
21 Across: Stack next to a boombox => TAPES
22 Across: Screen time? => BACKGROUNDCHECK
25 Across: Narrowly avoid => AVERT
26 Across: Tapped container => ALEKEG
27 Across: Small sip => TASTE
28 Across: Departure spot => POINTA
29 Across: Knock-__ => KNEED
30 Across: Smidge => DAB
31 Across: Not pizzicato => ARCO
33 Across: Ilhan of Congress => OMAR
34 Across: Die dot => PIP
35 Across: Empire actress Long => NIA
37 Across: Aches and pains => ILLS
39 Across: Like 33-Across => SOMALI
41 Across: Face time? => HAIRANDMAKEUP
45 Across: Food with a Peruvian holiday in its honor => CEVICHE
48 Across: Line of sight? => ISEE
49 Across: Green gamers => NOOBS
50 Across: I reject your offer => NOSALE
52 Across: Pronto! => NOW
53 Across: Inflicts on => DOESTO
55 Across: Deceive verbally => LIETO
56 Across: Cycle => BIKE
57 Across: Documentary filmmaker Erin Lee __ => CARR
58 Across: Singer Del Rey => LANA
61 Across: Direct or instant things => MESSAGES
63 Across: Genius Bar devices => MACS
64 Across: Flex time? => MROLYMPIA
67 Across: Like a used fireplace => ASHY
68 Across: Not great => JUSTOKAY
70 Across: The Show Goes On rapper __ Fiasco => LUPE
71 Across: Kick out of a seat => OUST
72 Across: PC gaming hardware company => ASUS
73 Across: Nash of Never Have I Ever => NIECY
75 Across: Nursery furniture => CRADLE
78 Across: By way of => VIA
79 Across: Pampering place for a boxer => PETSPA
80 Across: Former planet => PLUTO
81 Across: Vanilla extract amts. => TSPS
85 Across: Sports injury => ACLTEAR
87 Across: Run time? => ULTRAMARATHON
90 Across: Crossed, as a stream => FORDED
92 Across: Home to Pha That Luang => LAOS
93 Across: Totes => DEF
94 Across: Comm. from some interpreters => ASL
95 Across: Glasses, in a pinch => JARS
97 Across: Genesis garden => EDEN
99 Across: ER drips => IVS
100 Across: Advil competitor => ALEVE
102 Across: Made a long story short? => EDITED
104 Across: Dashboard readout => GAUGE
106 Across: Badenov's partner in cartoon crime => FATALE
108 Across: Acknowledge silently => NODAT
109 Across: Party time? => PRIMARYELECTION
113 Across: Test result => GRADE
114 Across: Lead-in to some bad news => WELP
115 Across: Dog to beware => BITER
116 Across: Calle __ Festival: annual event in Miami's Little Havana => OCHO
117 Across: Taylor-Joy of The Menu => ANYA
118 Across: Noun suffix => NESS
119 Across: Technical deets => SPECS
120 Across: Inert gas => NEON

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Noodle => NOB
2 Down: Abbott Elementary principal => AVA
3 Down: Gooey, nutty dessert => PECANPIE
4 Down: Talus locale => ANKLE
5 Down: Meal on an expense report => WORKDINNER
6 Down: Plant with a hedgehog variety => ALOE
7 Down: Mollusk with a banana variety => SLUG
8 Down: Diarist Anaïs => NIN
9 Down: Ideas worth spreading lectures => TEDTALKS
10 Down: Utters delight => OOHS
11 Down: Barbie director Gerwig => GRETA
12 Down: Track figures => RACERS
13 Down: Wapiti => ELK
14 Down: Stuffed pasta => RAVIOLI
15 Down: Set time? => OPENMICNIGHT
16 Down: Casper competitor => SERTA
17 Down: To be, in Bogotá => ESTAR
21 Down: East Asian principle => TAO
23 Down: Davis of A League of Their Own => GEENA
24 Down: Cord cutters' lack => CABLE
28 Down: Grapefruit kin => POMELOS
29 Down: Korean coupes => KIAS
30 Down: Toy derived from the Chinese yo-yo => DIABOLO
32 Down: South American herbal brew => COCATEA
34 Down: Gritty's team, on scoreboards => PHI
36 Down: Fusses => ADOS
38 Down: Light therapy box => SUNLAMP
40 Down: Map abbr. => AVE
42 Down: Works with black boxes => REDACTS
43 Down: Zinger => MOT
44 Down: Luau dish => POI
46 Down: Cornball => HOKEY
47 Down: Some lambs => EWES
51 Down: Trucker's truck => SEMI
54 Down: Estimate qualifier => ORSO
56 Down: Angela of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever => BASSETT
57 Down: Tee time? => CASUALFRIDAY
59 Down: Everyone in the South? => ALLYALL
60 Down: Campus near NoHo => NYU
62 Down: Better Call __ => SAUL
63 Down: Noted work? => MUSIC
64 Down: Front of house position => MAITRED
65 Down: Some cover crops => RYES
66 Down: Dodgeball setting => PECLASS
68 Down: Coffee, colloquially => JAVA
69 Down: Tended to some knots => KNEADED
71 Down: Sneaker inserts => ODOREATERS
74 Down: PC core => CPU
76 Down: Piña colada need => RUM
77 Down: Somewhat => ATAD
79 Down: Apiece => PER
80 Down: Book after Psalms => PROVERBS
82 Down: Frozen Hawaiian treat => SHAVEICE
83 Down: Model => POSE
84 Down: Sarah Sherman's show, for short => SNL
86 Down: Open-faced taco => TOSTADA
88 Down: Subarctic biome => TAIGA
89 Down: Insurance company with a spokesgoose => AFLAC
91 Down: Thermometer unit => DEGREE
95 Down: Game whose outdoor version can be five feet tall => JENGA
96 Down: Bedazzle, say => ADORN
98 Down: Hammer targets => NAILS
101 Down: Pop star John => ELTON
103 Down: Summer on the Riviera => ETE
105 Down: Strike callers => UMPS
106 Down: Fancy function => FETE
107 Down: Smart __ => ALEC
109 Down: Destroy in esports => PWN
110 Down: Sharp bark => YIP
111 Down: Well, well, well! => OHO
112 Down: Toulouse turndown => NON

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This crossword has 69 across clues and 72 down clues. In total 141 clues are solved in the section above.
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